Improvement in taper-holders



H. B. ADAMS. Lighting Device.

' Patented'SepMB, 1870.

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HENRY B. ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent-N0. 107 ,209, dated September 13, 1870; antedatetl September 3, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0! the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. ADAMS, of the city, county and Stateof New York, have invented certain Improvements in the Making and Constructing Tapen.

Holders.

The nature and object of myinvention are the making and constructing taper-holders.

The taper-holder A is constructed of sheet metal, cut into .oblong strips of the desired length and breadth. The strips are thenbent or made into a circular or tubular form, having a narrow space or At the extreme or upperend, at a, the space or slot at is widened to abontdouble the space of the slot in the tube.

At the end of. the tube a ferrule, b, is aflixed to retain the, tube in its proper form, and to retain the spring or clamps from being pressed off the tube, a sliding clamp or spring, c, is also made of sheet metal, to conform to the outer surface of the tube,.passing through the slot a into thetube, and conforming nearly'to the innersurface of the tube, so constructed that, when it is in the wide portion of the slot, the

.spring or clamp (1 opens, so that the taper can easily be pressed into the spring or clamp.

The clamp (I being pressed downward into the narrow portion of the slot, the spring. or clamp is then pressed together and clasps the taper, by which it can be moved up and down at pleasure.

The tube thus formed is put into a wooden handle,

B, which is constructed in the usual form, an annular groove, e, being out into the handle of the circumference and thickness of the tube, into which groove the tube A is pressed, where it is firmly held, thus forming a taper-holder of the greatest possible strength and simplicity. A Figure 1 represents holder.

Figure 2 represents an enlarged viewof the end of the tube.

Figure 3 represents an enlarged cross-section of the spring or clamp when open.

a complete view of the taper- Figure4 represents an enlarged cross-section of to operate as described.

HENRY B. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

W. S. HORRFAGER, BnnJ. ARMSTRONG. 

